Page 91 of Be My Wife

He rolls his eyes. “So your wife wants to meet Steph. Of course she does. Steph’s amazing.”

“That’s not the point.”

“Then what is the point?” Lucas’s thick brown hair flops over his forehead. “Because I’m not really understanding the problem.”

“Elizabeth can’t meet Steph. She’ll—she’ll confuse her.”

“What do you mean ‘confuse her’?” Lucas wrinkles his brows.

“I don’t have to spell it out for you.”

“You think Steph will be upset that you remarried?”

“Maybe.”

“Bull.”

I stop. Glare at Lucas. “You don’t know that.”

“Ina says Steph has been bugging her about the Make It Marriage ladies for weeks now. She wants them to set you up with someone. Does that sound like a child terrified of her favorite uncle getting married again?”

“Yes, it does.”

“Come on, Brogan.”

“I’m being honest!”

“She’s a smart kid. Smarter than most adults. She’ll be fine.”

“You don’t know that.”

“What I know is that you’re overreacting.”

“No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.” Lucas sits straight up. “What is going on with you?”

I let out a breath. “It’s Elizabeth.”

“What about her?”

“She’s so…” I shake my head, “frustrating.”

“Okay…”

“She’s stubborn. A know-it-all. Doesn’t have a damn clue when to stop pushing—“

“Brogan.”

“What?”

He eases back in his chair. “You like her.”

Lucas’s words crash into me.

I halt in my tracks.

He folds his arms across his chest, looking so freaking smug I want to punch him straight up the chin.

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